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Henry Adams

1838 - 1918

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Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. presidents. As a young Harvard graduate, he served as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, Abraham Lincoln's ambassador to the United Kingdom. The posting influenced the younger man through the experience of wartime diplomacy, and absorption in English culture, especially the works of John Stuart Mill. After the American Civil War, he became a political journalist who entertained America's foremost intellectuals at his homes in Washington and Boston. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Adams is the 3,939th most popular writer (down from 3,810th in 2019), the 5,752nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,878th in 2019) and the 447th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Henry Adams ranks 3,939 out of 7,302. Before him are Jane Dieulafoy, Andrew Marvell, Anton Pann, Quim Monzó, Jan Gruter, and Johann Beckmann. After him are Johan Herman Wessel, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Gheorghe Asachi, Joe Haldeman, Israel Zangwill, and Viktor Yerofeyev.

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Among people born in 1838, Henry Adams ranks 78. Before him are Yikuang, Emil Rathenau, Toyohara Chikanobu, John Hay, James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, and Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Giovanni Cagliero, Yisrael Meir Kagan, Eli Lilly, Valeriano Weyler, Oskar Gripenberg, and Paul Mauser. Among people deceased in 1918, Henry Adams ranks 128. Before him are Alexander Protopopov, Victor Willems, George Lawrence Price, Sophie Menter, Vasily Safonov, and Nikolai Ruzsky. After him are Carl Peters, Ali Aaltonen, Lucretia Garfield, George Coșbuc, Albert Ballin, and Władysław Ślewiński.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Adams ranks 5,752 out of 20,380. Before him are Sage Stallone (1976), Buster Douglas (1960), Peter Revson (1939), Joseph Colombo (1923), John Terry (1950), and Marcus Miller (1959). After him are Dutch Mantel (1949), Winthrop Rockefeller (1912), Roger Sherman (1721), Reginald VelJohnson (1952), Dean Jagger (1903), and William Rehnquist (1924).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Henry Adams ranks 447. Before him are Delia Owens (1949), Greg Bear (1951), David Brin (1950), Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), Charles Grandison Finney (1792), and Michael Blake (1945). After him are Joe Haldeman (1943), Elizabeth Strout (1956), Syd Field (1935), Ralph Ellison (1914), Og Mandino (1923), and Daniel Silva (1960).

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